Molecular phylogenetic relationships and phenotypic diversity in miniaturized toadlets, genus Brachycephalus (Amphibia: Anura: Brachycephalidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-89

  Clemente Carvalho, Rute B G ^a   Klaczko, Julia ^a   Ivan Perez, S ^b   Alves, Ana C R ^c   Haddad, Célio F B ^c   Dos Reis, Sérgio F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibia; BEST; Brachycephalus; Brazil; Gene trees; Geometric morphometrics; Species tree

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAZIL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BRACHYCEPHALIDAE; BRACHYCEPHALUS; BRACHYCEPHALUS EPHIPPIUM;

EID: 79960579822     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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